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Mc Hilly: I too booked a hotel room 'just in case', And I'm sure I would have pressed the button by now if it wasn't that I have already booked SDW100 and it's physically impossible for me to run both of them! (Unless someone lends me a time machine). And it is definitely feeling odd not entering, and knowing I'm not going to be in Durban with you all! Hope you find the flights you want at a reasonable price.
But for any newbies, it's a fantastic race with some great people. Go for it.
Hope you don't mind me sticking round and following your journey
Sorry you won't be with us SS - I always look forward to seeing you in Durbs - you are a rock of assurance and fun in a world that keeps trying to make me wobble - did you know a heap of your friends are dropping in?
Please stick with us - I don't think I'll make it to South Africa without your guidance
Debra looked into that rebate yet?
Loved the picture re the Green Man. I feel a little bit green after the Langdales Marathon this weekend, with over 1000m of climbing I have that post comrades feel to my legs. Might have to go back and do the route again in April/May as a training run. Came home in 3.58. Saw two Comrades hats on the route, and spoke to one who was going for his 17 comrades next year.
Southern Snail: just enjoy running! You can always find smaller, low-key events with entries available until close to the day/on the day if you decide you want to enter something for the fun of it - without having been following a huge training schedule: you have the miles on your legs that you could enter anything up to a 50K without thinking about it, as long as you keep doing some long runs.
Peter R: well done at Langdales Marathon.
My weekend included a 6K cross country in Richmond Park on Saturday and SVN Autumn Ranscombe Challenge yesterday, where I completed 10 laps - so officially 37.5 miles, although for a change my watch measured it as a bit less rather than more. Only one person did an 11th lap and most stopped by marathon or at 50K. Nick Nicholson was there in his '270 marathons in 52 weeks' T-shirt. The funniest thing was that I was running my 7th lap with someone who was running their marathon lap, and wondered where he had got a lap ahead of me (I'd set off quite fast on the first couple of laps), and on the following lap there were quite a few people I was overtaking who said they were on their marathon lap. About 2/3 of the way round, I looked at my watch and it said I'd run 28 miles. Got to the end of the lap, with 29.5 miles on my watch and as I was having the 8th lap hole punched I said how strange it was that my watch was more that 3 miles out in distance... The penny still didn't drop until Rachel asked me how many laps I'd done: 'eight' - 'yes, that's correct then - it's 7 laps for a marathon!'
Coming to an airport near you soon, the new Virgin Time Span Tunnel
I took it to a reliable courier company who refused it as they don't deliver to PO Boxes ( although they have tens of thousands of them). I then took it to the Post Office.....that's the same Post Office who are notorious for 'loosing' post or opening the post. Hence I scanned everything before I sent and have a tracking receipt.
Fingers crossed
Good running Peter and Debra
32km/20mile yesterday was less good than planned. It became increasingly tough at about 23km and I was very fatigued at 28km and walked/shuffled the rest of the way home. It's not like I was going fast or it was very hot either - I am just unfit at the moment. Every run is an improvement and I'm very happy to say I have minimal pain in my hip today. It was my longest run since the Vaal marathon in March and my fitness has a long way to improve. It's a big birthday for me next weekend so my wife is kidnapping me and so I think it is my last long run before Soweto on 4 Nov. I can really say I'm tapering as that would imply I had done some training
Wow - We are The Fantastic Four - with anti-spam superpowers including our usual stuff:-
Southern Snail - I can't cope with your Comrades absence - I keep seeing you in everything I do...
I am thinking of it as a long training run this year for the full marathon. I should be able to get a shiney new PW (personal worst). 4:50 should be achievable; although it might not be....... Time will tell.
Imagine running over 212 miles and still getting a DNF because you didn't win the damn thing - whats not to love!
Courtney is creaming it - can I get a bet on anywhere?
I would really struggle at this - I need a fixed goal to wind me in from however far out I start to feel the crunch - this is potentially never ending - and terrible psychological damage will no doubt result if you have to give in.